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Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces

Buzza, D. M. A.; Stasiuk, G. J.; Horozov, T. S.; Adawi, A. M.; Bouillard, J.-S. G.; Lowe, C.; Fox, J.; Morgan, S. O.

Authors

G. J. Stasiuk

C. Lowe

J. Fox

S. O. Morgan



Abstract

The adsorption of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces is of great importance scientifically and industrially, but the dynamics of the adsorption process is still poorly understood. In this paper we use a Langevin model to study the adsorption dynamics of ellipsoidal colloids at a liquid interface. Interfacial deformations are included by coupling our Langevin dynamics to a finite element model while transient contact line pinning due to nanoscale defects on the particle surface is encoded into our model by renormalizing particle friction coefficients and using dynamic contact angles relevant to the adsorption timescale. Our simple model reproduces the monotonic variation of particle orientation with time that is observed experimentally and is also able to quantitatively model the adsorption dynamics for some experimental ellipsoidal systems but not others. However, even for the latter case, our model accurately captures the adsorption trajectory (i.e., particle orientation versus height) of the particles. Our study clarifies the subtle interplay between capillary, viscous, and contact line forces in determining the wetting dynamics of micron-scale objects, allowing us to design more efficient assembly processes for complex particles at liquid interfaces.

Citation

Buzza, D. M. A., Stasiuk, G. J., Horozov, T. S., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. G., Lowe, C., …Morgan, S. O. (2021). Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces. Physical Review E, 103(4), Article 042604. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042604

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 22, 2021
Online Publication Date Apr 12, 2021
Publication Date 2021-04
Deposit Date Apr 19, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Physical Review E
Print ISSN 2470-0045
Electronic ISSN 2470-0053
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 103
Issue 4
Article Number 042604
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042604
Keywords Contact line dynamics; Fluid-particle interactions; Interface & surface thermodynamics; Wetting; Colloids
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3752814

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